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Strengthening the family : implications for international development

Title
Strengthening the family : implications for international development / Marian F. Zeitlin [and others].
Publication
Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Zeitlin, Marian F.
  • United Nations University.
Description
viii, 268 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
How families and child development in traditional societies are affected by western-style development; the Javenese of Indonesia and the Yoruba of Nigeria are cited as examples.
Subject
  • Families > Developing countries
  • Family policy > Developing countries
  • Child development > Developing countries
  • Poor children > Family relationships > Developing countries
  • Economic development > Social aspects
  • Families > Research
  • Child development
  • Families
  • Family policy
  • FAMILY
  • CHILD DEVELOPMENT
  • WOMEN'S STATUS
  • KINSHIP
  • SOCIALIZATION
  • JAVA (Indonesia)
  • NIGERIA
  • SOCIAL CHANGE
  • HOME ECONOMICS
  • FAMILY WELFARE
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • CHILD WELFARE
  • SOCIAL RESEARCH
  • Developing countries
Note
  • "UNUP-890"--T.p. verso.
  • "03500 P"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Social change and the family -- Economic perspectives on the family -- Psychological approaches to the family -- Perspectives from international development assistance and from family programmes -- The Javanese family -- The Yoruba family : kinship, socialization, and child development -- Structural models of family social health theory -- Synthesis of concepts and research needs -- Policy and programme recommendations.
ISBN
  • 9280808907
  • 9789280808902
LCCN
96181062
OCLC
  • ocm34148687
  • 34148687
  • SCSB-2113800
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library